{"title":"Tuberculosis in a low prevalence country: A wolf in sheep's clothing.","authors":"J Veen","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In low prevalence countries group epidemics or \"micro-epidemics\" of tuberculosis behave as a point-prevalence epidemic. Contact tracing follows the \"Stone-in-the-Pond Principle\", persons belonging to the inner circle of a source of infection being examined first. Important factors contributing to the occurrence of a micro-epidemic are prolonged patient's and doctor's delay and the dark damp atmospheres of discotheques.</p>","PeriodicalId":77502,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease","volume":"66 4","pages":"203-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1991-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Bulletin of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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In low prevalence countries group epidemics or "micro-epidemics" of tuberculosis behave as a point-prevalence epidemic. Contact tracing follows the "Stone-in-the-Pond Principle", persons belonging to the inner circle of a source of infection being examined first. Important factors contributing to the occurrence of a micro-epidemic are prolonged patient's and doctor's delay and the dark damp atmospheres of discotheques.